Selp and benjamin c



(No Model.)

- 1?. P. ATHEY.

HORSE POKE. No. 253,336. Patented Feb. 7,1882.

WITNESSES: I mmwom WM? (fi "ATTORNEYS.

' N. PETERS. Phnwmm m her. Washington. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN P. ATHEY, OF MIDDLEWAY, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF AND BENJAMIN O. ROBERTS, OF SAME PLACE.

HORSE -POKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,336, dated February '7, 1882.

Application filed August 20, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK. P. ATHEY, of Middleway, Jefferson county, West Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Horse- Poke, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to pokes to prevent horses from jumping fences; and it has for its object to provide a yoke which will cause the horse to be choked and forced away from IO the fence when he approaches the fence and attempts to rise into position to make the leap, and one which will notin any manner prevent the horse from grazing.

The invention consists of along slotted reach pivoted to the bow which goes around the neck of the horse, in combination with a cross-frame which is also pivoted to the bow and connected to the reach by a cross-piece passing loosely through the slot, the reach being formed with a rearward extension, the end of which extension is provided with a cross piece or head which comes against the throat of the horse, the rear part of the frame coming against the breast of the horse.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my invention as it appears when in position uponthe horse. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the poke, and Fig.3 is a section of the same on the line .9000 of Fig. 2.

0 Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents the bow, which is of ordinary construction, and B represents the reach, which is formed with the slot a, and

3 5 which is pivoted between the parts of how upon the pin a.

0 represents the frame, which is formed of the side-pieces, c c, and the end cross-pieces, c c, and which is pivoted outside of the parts 40 of the bow upon the pin (1. The forward crosspiece, 0, passes through the slot a, formed in the reach B, and this frame is of such size that the rear cross-piece, 0, when the yoke is in place, rests against the breast of the horse, as shown in Fig. 1. The rear end of the reach B 5 extends some distance back of the parts of the bow A, and is provided with the cross-piece b, which comes against the throat of the horse,

as shown in Fig. 1. The rear end of the reach is provided with the flat springf, which rests upon the pin d, which spring holds the parts normally in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3.

When the horse approaches the fence and pressure is brought against the end of the reach by contact with the fence the parts will assume the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, causing the bow to force the neck of the horse downward against the rear end of the reach, which will choke the horse and prevent him from jumping the fence.

Having thus described my invention, [claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The reach B, formed with the slot at, in combination with the frame 0 and the bow A, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The'frame O, pivoted to the bow below the pivot a, upon which the reach is pivoted, in combination with the slotted reach and the how, the reach being formed with a rear extension, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The reach B, formed with the slot a and provided with the springf, in combination with the frame 0, pivoted in the bow below the pivot 7 of the reach, substantially as and for the purposes sct forth.

FRANKLIN P. ATHE Y.

Witnesses:

JOEL W. ROBERTS, CHARLES H. J oHNsoN. 

